hans wegner/charles delisle

Just back from a shoot in Santa Barbara this past weekend and thought I would share an image from it because I  loooove it! A Hans Wegner throne and an amazing rug. Not sure who did the rug, but Charles DeLisle did the interiors. Pretty...

writing/kickstarter...hmmm...

Well, goodness me my friends! Doing a Kickstarter campaign takes a lot of time! I've been back a week and have not written one word for my book since I have been home. Just a heck of a lot of emails (which is fun too).
I am so grateful for all the support thus far, but I still have a long way to go. So please check out the Kickstarter and support in whatever way you can - pledge, tell your friends, all of the above... you get the idea.
Me? I'll get back to writing tomorrow about this place...one of my favorite houses I have ever shot.

bruno mathsson, sweden

A bit more from Bruno Mathsson HQ in Varmano, Sweden today.
The thing that I found the most fascinating during my visit were these two chairs. The first is what we know Mathsson for. The second is the first chair Mathsson ever made. But here is the thing I STILL marvel over. He made these two chairs only one year apart. Talk about a stylistic leap...
On another note, I have decided in honor of Thanksgiving I am going to give you all a little sneak preview from my new book. Not from my phone...the real deal. So tomorrow or Friday...
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! xx

freud's couch/london

Sigmund Freud's couch. It is so crazy to look at this and think how the things said on this couch have affected our understanding of human psychology. If you believe in Freud's theories or not, you cannot dispute his influence.
Just to paint the picture for you, Freud sat in that green velvet chair, just out of the sightline of his patients. Fascinating, right?

carl aubock/chair

Lots of editing going on over here for the new book. It is kind of magical going through everything I have shot over the past 6 months. It is only in hindsight that I can see how much I have done/shot/experienced...you name it. I came across this image yesterday of a chair by Carl Aubock that I shot at the Werkstatte in Vienna. Actually it was in a storage room, but Carl Aubock (IV) knew I would love to see all the treasures in there (like the furniture that Carl II designed for himself and lived with in his home). I especially loved this chair, not only because it is fantastic to look at and comfy, but also because of that plaid! Carl's wife designed textiles so this was a husband/wife collaboration. The shape of this chair is great, but for me, the plaid puts it over the top. Just super good.
There is a new book on Werkstatte Carl Aubock that just came out. Looking forward to taking a look.

chair/aubock werkstatte

I got a crush on this chair when I was shooting at the Carl Aubock Werkstatte in Vienna. The only way I know this is that when I was editing through my images the other day I ran across about 15 images of this same chair. But isn't she cute? It's that tilt of her head. I feel like she is winking at me.

max lamb/nyt.people watching/outtakes

Lots of outtakes from my NYT People Watching post on Max Lamb. This first one is one of my favorites, and Max's too as I recall. I love his collection of Richard Batterham jugs just standing there like little soldiers.
See more on Max here.

charles delisle/

Just a quick pic today of designer Charles DeLisle's home. I'm a little obsessed with his Chainsaw Chair right now. Check it out here.

note from milano/chairs

Someone needs to do a chair intervention on me. I've been looking through my images and these are just my favorites from the past two days. The first is my favorite place to sit in the apartment I am renting - a heavenly little perch. Then a couple from my trip to the Museo del Novecento to visit the Giorgio Morandi paintings.
But I don't see chairs so much. I see people, personalities, moods. Chairs never fail to fascinate me with what they can convey given their setting, design and light. They say so much.
Have a lovely weekend friends. more soon.

chairs/charles bello

What is it about chairs? I was at Charles Bello's last weekend and I shot this chair again! Every time I visit I shoot it...but I think this shot finally does it justice. It is somehow rustic Rietveld...

PS - Thanks so much to everyone who came out for the Slideshow at Gravel and Gold last night. It was fun telling stories about shooting Handcrafted Modern. And a special thanks to Cass and Co. at G&G. Such a lovely cozy space for a slideshow...now on to the European book...

chairs/john kapel

I am a bit preoccupied by chairs right now. I know it is because I am getting ready to sell one of my absolute favorites (a vintage PK-9), but still, it has made me reflect on this crazy love. None of my chairs match. I just got crushes on them and they ended up coming home with me. But they all co-habitate very nicely at the table.

These images  are of some of John Kapel's latest creations. The last shot is of John's chair room, where he keeps all his prototypes - another outtake from HCMod.